Improvement in faucet-plugs



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GARDNER HOWLAND, OF BRUNSWICK, AND ELIAS T. FORD, OF STILLWATER, NEWYORK.

Letters Patent No. 92,725, dated July 20, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN FAUCET-PLUGS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, GARDNER HOWLAND, of thetownot Brunswick, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, and ELIAS'l. FORD, of the town of Stillwater, county otl Saratoga, and State ofNew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in the Constructionof a Faucet-Flug7 which consists in uniting a steel-wrought ormalleable-iron loop withcastmetal, so as to form a plug for faucets; andwe do hereby declare that the following is an exact and full descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invention consists in the uniting a stoel-wrought ormalleable-iron loop with cast-metal,

so as to form a plug for faucets, by first constructing the loops,either whole or in sections, unitingr them by placing them in a mould,and then filling around the same, in aineltcd state, any suitable metal,as brass, type, melted tin', or cast-iron, to form a plug of suitablesize and shape for the faucet in which it is to/be used, affording alarger orifice through the-plug, and retaining theI strength.

And to enable others skilled in the art to make andY use our invention,we will proceed to describe its co'nstruction and operation.

Figure l represents a faucet, A, with the plug Bv I inserted.

Figure 2, the plug B.. i Figure 3 shows the loop C as a whole. Figures 5and 6 show the plug, with portions removed, to illustrate theconstruction.

Figure 7 represents the loop and screw invsections.

Construction.

The" loop C, as seen, ,in g. 3, is placed within the faucet A. f

The lower extremity of the fauoetis closed by means A core is alsoplaced within the shell A, forming the orifice H, as s een in fig. 2.

The plug B may be cast4 independent of the faucetshell A, by the use ofa pattern moulded in sand, then the loop-C laid within the cavity,together with the core for forming the passage H through the plug. 'lhemetal is now poured into the cavity surrounding the loop and core. Theplug B, as seen in iig. 6, is cast by means of a pattern moulded insand, and the sections C A and C D, as seen in fig. 7, are laid into thecavities provided by the pattern, and then the metal is poured in,encompassing the lower extremity ot' the loop C A, and the upperextremity of screw O D.

A thread is cut upon the screw 0 D, giving a better hold. Whensurrounded by the lower portion of the plug C, the lower extremities ofthe loop G A are enlarged so that it cannot be removed by its operation.

In Iig. 6, a portion ofthe plug B is removed, norder to show thearrangementot' the loop G A and screw C D.

The loop Amay be'irst cast and made malleable, or it maybe first forgedand formed of steel or wroughtiron, which aiords great strength anddurability, also allowing a' la'rgeoritice through the plug C.

Operation.

The operation is effected -by the insertion of a bar, constituting awrench, through the upper portion ot' the loop C A and O, then turningthe plug B light or` left, as seen in iig. vl.

lVhaiI we claim as our invention, and desire to secure byIaetterscPatent, is-

As anew article of manufacture, a plug for a faucet, consisting of aloop, C, of wrought-metal, and part B, of cast-metal, both constructedas described, when the -part B is cast upon said loop, as set forth.

G. HOWLAND. E. T. FORD.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. PETERS, EDGAR O. HOWLAND.

